679 research outputs found
Low wave-functions of pions and kaons and their parton distribution functions
We study the low wave-functions of pions and kaons as an expansion in
terms of hadron-like Fock state fluctuations. In this formalism, pion and kaon
wave-functions are related one another. Consequently, the knowledge of the pion
structure allows the determination of parton distributions in kaons. In
addition, we show that the intrinsic (low ) sea of pions and kaons are
different due to their different valence quark structure. Finally, we analize
the feasibility of a method to extract kaon's parton distribution functions
within this approach and compare with available experimental data.Comment: 13 pages, 3 postscript figures include
Discrete breathers in dc biased Josephson-junction arrays
We propose a method to excite and detect a rotor localized mode
(rotobreather) in a Josephson-junction array biased by dc currents. In our
numerical studies of the dynamics we have used experimentally realizable
parameters and included self-inductances. We have uncovered two families of
rotobreathers. Both types are stable under thermal fluctuations and exist for a
broad range of array parameters and sizes including arrays as small as a single
plaquette. We suggest a single Josephson-junction plaquette as an ideal system
to experimentally investigate these solutions.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure, to appear June 1, 1999 in PR
Isospin splitting in heavy baryons and mesons
A recent general analysis of light-baryon isospin splittings is updated and
extended to charmed baryons.
The measured and splittings stand out as being difficult
to understand in terms of two-body forces alone.
We also discuss heavy-light mesons; though the framework here is necessarily
less general, we nevertheless obtain some predictions that are not strongly
model-dependent.Comment: 12 pages REVTEX 3, plus 4 uuencoded ps figures, CMU-HEP93-
Large-scale structural organization of social networks
The characterization of large-scale structural organization of social
networks is an important interdisciplinary problem. We show, by using scaling
analysis and numerical computation, that the following factors are relevant for
models of social networks: the correlation between friendship ties among people
and the position of their social groups, as well as the correlation between the
positions of different social groups to which a person belongs.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, Revte
Perturbative and nonperturbative contributions to the strange quark asymmetry in the nucleon
There are two mechanisms for the generation of an asymmetry between the
strange and anti-strange quark distributions in the nucleon: nonperturbative
contributions originating from nucleons fluctuating into virtual baryon-meson
pairs such as and , and perturbative contributions
arising from gluons splitting into strange and anti-strange quark pairs. While
the nonperturbative contributions are dominant in the large- region, the
perturbative contributions are more significant in the small- region. We
calculate this asymmetry taking into account both nonperturbative and
perturbative contributions, thus giving a more accurate evaluation of this
asymmetry over the whole domain of . We find that the perturbative
contributions are generally a few times larger in magnitude than the
nonperturbative contributions, which suggests that the best region to detect
this asymmetry experimentally is in the region . We find that
the asymmetry may have more than one node, which is an effect that should be
taken into account, e.g. for parameterizations of the strange and anti-strange
quark distributions used in global analysis of parton distributions.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures, figures comparing theoretical calculations with
NNPDF global analysis added, accepted for publication in EPJ
The Effect of Shadowing on Initial Conditions, Transverse Energy and Hard Probes in Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ion Collisions
The effect of shadowing on the early state of ultrarelativistic heavy ion
collisions is investigated along with transverse energy and hard process
production, specifically Drell-Yan, , and production. We
choose several parton distributions and parameterizations of nuclear shadowing,
as well as the spatial dependence of shadowing, to study the influence of
shadowing on relevant observables. Results are presented for Au+Au collisions
at GeV and Pb+Pb collisions at TeV.Comment: Submitted to Phys. Rev.
Strong field approximation within a Faddeev-like formalism for laser-matter interactions
We consider the interaction of atomic hydrogen with an intense laser field
within the strong-field approximation. By using a Faddeev-like formalism, we
introduce a new perturbative series in the binding potential of the atom. As a
first test of this new approach, we calculate the electron energy spectrum in
the very simple case of a photon energy higher than the ionisation potential.
We show that by contrast to the standard perturbative series in the binding
potential obtained within the strong field approximation, the first terms of
the new series converge rapidly towards the results we get by solving the
corresponding time-dependent Schroedinger equation.Comment: 7 pages, 1 figur
The asymmetry of the proton in a Pion Cloud Model approach
We study the asymmetry of the proton in a model approach
in which hadronic fluctuations of the nucleon are generated through gluon
splitting and recombination mechanisms. Within this framework, it is shown that
the
asymmetry of the proton is consistently described by including only
nucleon fluctuations to and bound states. Predictions
of the model closely agree with the recent experimental data of the E866/NuSea
Collaboration.Comment: Final version. To appear in Phys. Rev.
Atmospheric deposition and precipitation are important predictors of inorganic nitrogen export to streams from forest and grassland watersheds: a large-scale data synthesis
Previous studies have evaluated how changes in atmospheric nitrogen (N) inputs and climate affect stream N concentrations and fluxes, but none have synthesized data from sites around the globe. We identified variables controlling stream inorganic N concentrations and fluxes, and how they have changed, by synthesizing 20 time series ranging from 5 to 51 years of data collected from forest and grassland dominated watersheds across Europe, North America, and East Asia and across four climate types (tropical, temperate, Mediterranean, and boreal) using the International Long-Term Ecological Research Network. We hypothesized that sites with greater atmospheric N deposition have greater stream N export rates, but that climate has taken a stronger role as atmospheric deposition declines in many regions of the globe. We found declining trends in bulk ammonium and nitrate deposition, especially in the longest time-series, with ammonium contributing relatively more to atmospheric N deposition over time. Among sites, there were statistically significant positive relationships between (1) annual rates of precipitation and stream ammonium and nitrate fluxes and (2) annual rates of atmospheric N inputs and stream nitrate concentrations and fluxes. There were no significant relationships between air temperature and stream N export. Our long-term data shows that although N deposition is declining over time, atmospheric N inputs and precipitation remain important predictors for inorganic N exported from forested and grassland watersheds. Overall, we also demonstrate that long-term monitoring provides understanding of ecosystems and biogeochemical cycling that would not be possible with short-term studies alone.publishedVersio
Flavor Decomposition of the Polarized Quark Distributions in the Nucleon from Inclusive and Semi-inclusive Deep-inelastic Scattering
Spin asymmetries of semi-inclusive cross sections for the production of
positively and negatively charged hadrons have been measured in deep-inelastic
scattering of polarized positrons on polarized hydrogen and 3He targets, in the
kinematic range 0.023<x<0.6 and 1 GeV^2<Q^2<10 GeV^2. Polarized quark
distributions are extracted as a function of x for up $(u+u_bar) and down
(d+d_bar) flavors. The up quark polarization is positive and the down quark
polarization is negative in the measured range. The polarization of the sea is
compatible with zero. The first moments of the polarized quark distributions
are presented. The isospin non-singlet combination Delta_q_3 is consistent with
the prediction based on the Bjorken sum rule. The moments of the polarized
quark distributions are compared to predictions based on SU(3)_f flavor
symmetry and to a prediction from lattice QCD.Comment: 14 pages, 6 figures (eps format), 10 tables in Latex New version
contains tables of asymmetries and correlation matri
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